Objective measures of gait and balance in healthy non-falling adults as a function of age.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurodegenerative diseases increase in incidence with age. Prior studies using differing populations and gait paradigms have reported various parameters changing with age, some of which correlate with falls and mortality. Here we use three different paradigms to evaluate gait and balance in healthy non-fallers.

Research question

What objective gait and balance parameters are correlated with aging.

Methods

Healthy subjects aged 21-79 years without histories of falls, lower extremity orthopedic procedures or chronic pain were included. Subjects walked on a 20 × 4 foot pressure sensor mat (Zeno Walkway, Protokinetics, Havertown, PA) under three different gait paradigms, (i) steady-state gait, (ii) dual-task while texting on a cellular phone and (iii) tandem ga

SUBMITTER: Virmani T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115806 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature